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Even though Brian Cushing and Duane Brown have denied punching Jaguars players during the Texans’ 24-14 victory last Sunday – and those Jacksonville players never named the Houston players who allegedly hit them - one member of the media has decided he’d be the one to defend them.

Outraged, Steve Wrigley – the sports director for Action News in Jacksonville – sent a letter of complaint about their style of play to the Texans fan feedback e-mail address.

Hello Houston!

Had a great time visiting your city last Sunday. I read coach Kubiak’s comments regarding the accusations the past two weeks about “dirty play”. Coach Kubiak says the Texans are not about to change the way they play. Enclosed is a picture of Brain Cushing with a fist to the throat of Blaine Gabbert and Duane Brown giving Clint Session, “the business”. Clint laughed it off but by the look in his eyes I think it is safe to say that Blaine did not enjoy the trip to Houston as much as I did. Is this the type of message you want to send to the youngsters playing football in Houston? Is this the type of sportsmanship the NFL is all about?

“The flow of the game was changed by what I think was a cheap shot and a late hit,” Rigley said about the alleged Cushing punch to Gabbert. “I’ve spoken with the NFL office. They’re probably going to fine him.”

After confessing to tattling on the Texans to the league office, Wrigley even mocked the Texans’ “Battle Red Day” theme, and he used the word “we” when defending the Jaguars’ attendance issues. Wrigley has become the news as opposed to reporting the news.

The guys over at the station had enough. They decided to write their own letter and send it to stations and blogs out of Jacksonville. Click here to read their response to Wrigley and all the criticism about the Texans supposedly playing dirty. The letter is hilarious.

The Texans (5-3) are 3-0 in the AFC South. The Jaguars (2-6) are 1-1 in the division.